Jackscott

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1059 )

• Holy Joe

  

  The word according to Holy Joe, the former Pope Benedict XVI, is that social change in the sixties created the cancer of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Unlucky for Some

  

  We’ve just celebrated our eleventh wedding anniversary – steel according to some traditions – so I bought Liam a metal whistle to use when he’s trying to bring... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ian McKellen on Stage

  

  Sir Ian Mckellen, star of stage, screen and gay bar, turns 80 this year. To celebrate this remarkable milestone, he’s trolling round the country on a... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• This Messy Mobile Life

  

  I don’t usually plug books here in pansyland, especially those I’ve published. I try and keep work and life separate as I’m bound not to be impartial. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• You’re Never Too Old

  

  Normally at the gym I’m encircled by beefy blokes in tattoos and tight togs getting down and sweaty with weights and pulleys, squats and presses – an orgy of... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Thursday’s Child Has Far to Go

  

  Once upon a time a long time ago, a pretty girl from a small Ulster town was swept off her feet by a dashing young squaddie in a smart uniform and a devilish... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Decade That Fashion Forgot

  

  On one of our rare visits to the home counties, my sister-in-law fished out an ancient, long-forgotten photo of me from a biscuit tin she keeps under the stairs... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Calendar Girls

  

  Come Valentine’s Day, romantically-minded Liam likes to put on a show and the show in question was the Calendar Girls musical at the Theatre Royal, Norwich.... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Salud from Gran Canaria

  

  Contrary to rumour, the age demographic around the pool of the gentlemen-only bungalow resort was more mixed than anticipated. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Christmas Past

  

  While we’re away in the Canaries sharing cheap Spanish plonk with the rest of the antique gays, here are a few images of Christmas just past to be going on with... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• SAD Season

  

  When the big skies of Norfolk are low and dreary, the only remedy for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is an emergency injection of sunshine. Happily, we... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Favourite

  

  New Year’s Day took us to the movies to see The Favourite, a saga of love, rivalry and power, based loosely on the intimate relationship between a sickly and... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Carnal Knowledge

  Following bountiful Christmas fare, and with emotions loosened by the Malbec, we plopped onto the sofa and cried our way through Mama Mia, Here We Go Again on... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mary Poppins Returns, Practically Perfect in Every Way

  

  There’s no better way to spend Boxing Day than a trip to the flicks, especially when it’s to see the long-awaited sequel to a classic. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• For the Love of God

  Come Christmas time, the patients at the surgery where Liam earns an honest crust are a generous lot. Gifts of biscuits, sweets, chocolates and the odd bottle o... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2019 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2018 and All That

  

  The world may be going to Hell in a handcart but the Pansies keep on blooming – year in, year out. I keep them fed and watered and I’m grateful to those who pas... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Perfect Day

  

  Christmas comes but once a year, thank the Lord. You can almost taste the stress in the high street from the world-weary shoppers to the fixed-grin workers... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice

  

  Liam is mended enough to return to work (at a doctor’s surgery, ironically). Broken ribs are a nasty business and it’ll be months before he’s fully repaired. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Crack to Smack

  

  Liam's busted ribs are mending slowly but surely and the pain has eased. At one point, I was considering putting him on the liquid morphine left over from my... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Give Us a Twirl

  

  My poor Liam fell badly and broke a couple of ribs. Naturally, most people assume he was a little worse for wear after a few sherries. In that case, he would... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2018 DIARIES, EXPAT, SELF EXPRESSION